Jacky van Leeuwen, M.Ed., LMHC

Phone Counselor with Email and IM options

Grief and loss are part of Life, as we all know. Whether loss from a traumatic event, of a significant other or family member, or from childhood losses of vital care-taking and attachment, how we integrate loss into our everyday reality and sense of self, can be life-changing. The supports needed, the healing process, and the particular meaning and direction chosen to shape our lives - these are all topics for therapy after loss. significant loss

Abigail Blackburn, Psy.D.

Licensed Psychologist

The overwhelming sadness of loss comes in all shapes and sizes, whether you've ended a job or a relationship, left your childhood home or graduated college, experienced the death of family members or a yearned for opportunity. My treatment approach to grief helps clients process the shock, come to terms with the pain, work through residual anger or anxiety, accept the new reality and adjust to a new status, and transform loneliness or regret. If you have experienced an unanticipated traumatic loss of a loved one, and it's bringing up emotions and memories that are difficult to be with, I can provide the therapeutic process that can help you find the peace you seek inside yourself.

Naomi Korn, LicSW, BCD

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

We begin where you are in your stage of grief and loss, be it recent or a long ago loss that still hurts. I have learned that the most important thing is to listen to you, to be present and honor your unique loss. Grief is a natural process that takes time. Getting through the stages does not mean you forget but you can come to a point where you can be present and ready to face the future. With time you can explore reframe your feelings about the former relationship, keep what fits and let go of what doesn't fit. Complex grief takes a more exquisite focus on a deeper level to desensitize and reframe what happened so you can shift perspective and go on with life.

Marjorie Siegel, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker

Grief is a natural and normal response to loss. There is always unfinished business when something ends. Sometimes the support you receive from family and friends is not enough. People who are close to you may have a need for you to appear to feel better sooner than you actually do. Clients I work with have felt it becomes less difficult to cope when they have time to talk about their loss with me. Identifying and expressing uncomfortable feelings like anger, anxiety and guilt is difficult to do alone. I work with people to develop effective and new methods of coping. Over time, I help my clients accept that their loss is a part of their life, but no longer defines them.

Aletheia Counseling, MA, MDiv, LMFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

The feelings of loosing someone important can be difficult to manage. It can be helpful to have someone who understands the process of grieving to support you and to help you grieve. Aletheia looks forward to providing you a safe place where you can process through your thoughts and feelings so that you will find healing from the pains that you are experiencing.

Kevin Fleming Ph.D.

Coach/Change Agent/Consultant

Grey Matters International and the work of Kevin J. Fleming, Ph.D approaches issues of grief & loss through the lens of innovation----instead of growing the same neural networks responsible for the pain in weekly therapy sessions, we reset the brain to move forward quicker and efficiently by working on the stuck limbic system so as to empower the person with more success and traction. For no one wants to stay in a grief mode for too long; but when you don’t include the brain in your work with someone, you risk describing the water to them while they drown and calling it success. Contact Grey Matters International, Inc now at kevin@kevinflemingphd.com or 877-606-6161.

Josephine Banigo, PMHNP-BC, ACNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatry

A loss is guaranteed in each person's life, hence, every individual will succumb to grief at some point of their life. Each individual grieve in their own way. Based on my clinical and personal experience, the depth of the grieving often center around the emotional attachment to the item or individual lost. Grief should not be timed, however, each year the pain of the loss lessons but never completely dissipate.
At Victoria Counseling, you will receive grief therapy that is individualized to you taking into account your values and belief system.

Elizabeth Spencer, MSW, LICSW

Psychotherapist, Clinical Social Worker

Grief and loss can be about death of a loved one. Grieving offers us a challenge and an opportunity. It is a process of letting go of who and what was lost as we integrate that person and our memories into our present lives.
Grief can also be about letting go and changing patterns that no longer serve us. Therapy offers a place to learn new and more healthy strategies to care for ourselves and engage in relationships.

Kaylee Murphy, LICSW

Licensed Psychotherapist

Have you recently experienced a loss? Grief and loss counseling can help you with the complex feelings you have about your unique situation. If you have lost a loved one, a beloved pet, or even a relationship or job - you are grieving and I can provide the compassionate support you need. You've already heard that grieving takes time, but there are healthy ways to grieve by getting the support of therapist. Please contact me today to see how I can help on your road to healing.

Philip Kolba, MA

Psychotherapist

Grief and loss is, unfortunately, a normal part of living. There is no single "correct" way to grieve: different cultures and even individuals from the same culture grieve differently. The only consistent feature is that grief takes time.
The most effective thing anyone can do for someone grieving is to be there—to listen, to empathize, to walk along with the grief. There is no "fixing" grief. But counseling can help prevent normal grief from developing into major depression or other mental health conditions.